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A group picture of the participants of the Grasspea Day in Ghent
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Grasspea Innovation Shines in Ghent

In June, the picturesque city of Ghent, Belgium, gathered grasspea fans and experts at the inaugural International Lathyrus Day.

Organized by the Fernand Lambein Fund and sponsored by the Crop Trust, this event honored the...

26 Jun 2024

Evangelina Villegas: The First Woman to Receive the World Food Prize
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Evangelina Villegas: The First Woman to Receive the World Food Prize

In this installment of our Seed Heroes series, we celebrate the life of Mexican scientist Evangelina Villegas, who co-developed a new variety of protein-building maize that improved diets for millions of malnourished people around...

19 Jun 2024

His Majesty King Charles III Continues Patronage of Crop Trust
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His Majesty King Charles III Continues Patronage of Crop Trust

June 3, 2024 – Bonn, Germany – The Crop Trust is delighted that, following a review of the patronages of the late Queen and the former Prince of Wales, His Majesty King Charles III has decided to continue to be its Patron....

3 Jun 2024

Genebanks From Around the World Stand United as New Seeds are Added to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
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Genebanks From Around the World Stand United as New Seeds are Added to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Longyearbyen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, 28 May 2024 – The Svalbard Global Seed Vault welcomes shipments from five new depositors as the world’s largest repository of crop diversity raises the number of samples in its care to...

28 May 2024

Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler to Receive the 2024 World Food Prize for Safeguarding Crop Diversity
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Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler to Receive the 2024 World Food Prize for Safeguarding Crop Diversity

Des Moines, Iowa — May 9, 2024 — The World Food Prize Foundation has announced that two of the Crop Trust’s foundational figures, Dr. Geoffrey Hawtin and Dr. Cary Fowler, will receive the 2024 World Food Prize for their...

9 May 2024

Life Insurance for Genebanks
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Life Insurance for Genebanks

Genebanks are generally safe. But they are not invulnerable.

More than a decade ago, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas’ (ICARDA) genebank got caught up in the civil war in Syria, and scientists...

6 May 2024

Scientists issue rallying cry for greater global cooperation to safeguard seeds for future food and nutrition security
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Scientists issue rallying cry for greater global cooperation to safeguard seeds for future food and nutrition security

Berlin, Germany, 15 November 2023: Leading experts have issued a rallying cry that greater international cooperation is urgently required to safeguard food security in the wake of global crises.

This call to action from...

15 Nov 2023

The Crop Trust Aims High With 2030 Strategy Plan for Genebanks
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The Crop Trust Aims High With 2030 Strategy Plan for Genebanks

“You’ve got to think about doing big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.”

The words of U.S. futurist writer Alvin Toffler in the 1970s are sometimes cited in business...

9 Nov 2023

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Crop Diversity: A Tasty Way for Keeping Our Options Open

On 19 September, scientists, policymakers and other crop diversity enthusiasts, flocked to Mindspace in Williamsburg, one of Brooklyn’s foodiest neighborhoods, to address one of the most pressing challenges of our time—how to...

22 Sep 2023

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